Atlanta is ahead of Washington based on head to head Washington is ahead of Carolina based on head to head Giants are ahead of Tampa Bay based on head to head Tiebreaker Rules The six postseason participants from each conference will be seeded as follows: The division champion with the best record.

The division champion with the second-best record. The division champion with the third-best record. The division champion with the fourth-best record.

The Wild Card club with the best record. The Wild Card club with the second-best record. Head-to-head best won-lost-tied percentage in games between the clubs.

Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the division. Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games. Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.

Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed. Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.

Best net points in common games. Best net points in all games. Best net touchdowns in all games. Head-to-head best won-lost-tied percentage in games among the clubs.

If the tied clubs are from the same division, apply division tie breaker. If the tied clubs are from different divisions, apply the following steps.

Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four. Best net points in conference games. Apply division tie breaker to eliminate all but the highest ranked club in each division prior to proceeding to step 2.

The original seeding within a division upon application of the division tie breaker remains the same for all subsequent applications of the procedure that are necessary to identify the two Wild-Card participants.

Applicable only if one club has defeated each of the others or if one club has lost to each of the others. Coin toss When the first Wild-Card team has been identified, the procedure is repeated to name the second Wild-Card, i.

Remaining tied clubs revert to the first step of the applicable division or Wild-Card tie breakers. As an example, if two clubs remain tied in any tie-breaker step after all other clubs have been eliminated, the procedure reverts to step one of the two-club format to determine the winner.

When one club wins the tie breaker, all other clubs revert to step 1 of the applicable two-club or three-club format.

It becomes necessary, therefore, to devise means to break these ties , either to determine which teams will qualify for the playoffs, or to determine seeding in the playoff tournament.

The rules below are applied in order until the tie is broken. If three teams are tied for one playoff spot and the third team is eliminated at any step, the tie breaker reverts to step one for the remaining two teams.

If multiple playoff spots are at stake, the rules are applied in order until the first team qualifies, then the process is started again for the remaining teams.

The current tiebreakers are as follows, with coin tosses used if all of the criteria fail: The NFL introduced overtime for any divisional tiebreak games beginning in , and for championship games beginning in Overtime under the original format was sudden death , the first team to score would be declared the winner.

In March , the NFL amended its rules for postseason overtime, with the rule being extended into the regular season in March If a team scores a touchdown, or if the defense scores a safety on its first possession, it is declared the winner.

If it scores a field goal on its first possession, however, it then kicks off to the opposing team, which has an opportunity to score; if the score is tied again after that possession, true sudden death rules apply and whoever scores next will win.

Since postseason games cannot end in a tie, unlike the preseason or regular season, additional overtime periods are played as necessary until a winner is determined.

Furthermore, all clock rules apply as if a game had started over. Therefore, if the first overtime period ends with the score still tied, the teams switch ends of the field prior to the second overtime.

If a game was still tied with two minutes to go in the second overtime, there would be a two-minute warning but not during the first overtime period as in the regular season.

And if it were still tied at the end of the second overtime, there would be a kickoff to start a third overtime period. The longest NFL game played to date is 82 minutes, 40 seconds: Miami Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian made the winning yard field goal after 7: From —, the team having the best winning percentage was awarded the championship the de facto standard owners had been using anyway.

As each team played a different number of games, simply counting wins and losses would have been insufficient. There was a head-to-head tiebreaker, which also was weighted toward the end of the season: In , the Chicago Bears 6—1—6 and the Portsmouth Spartans 6—1—4 were tied at the end of the season with the identical winning percentage of.

An additional game was therefore needed to determine a champion. It was agreed that the game would be played in Chicago at Wrigley Field , but severe winter weather and fear of a low turnout forced the game to be moved indoors to Chicago Stadium.

The game was played under modified rules on a shortened yard dirt field, and the Bears won with a final score of 9—0.

The loss gave the Spartans a final winning percentage of. While there is no consensus that this game was a real "championship" game or even a playoff game , it generated considerable interest and led to the creation of the official NFL Championship Game in Given the interest of the impromptu "championship game", and the desire of the league to create a more equitable means of determining a champion, the league divided into two conferences beginning in The winners of each conference the first place teams in the conferences met in the NFL Championship Game after the season.

There was no tie-breaker system in place; any ties in the final standings of either conference resulted in a playoff game being played in , , , two games in , and one each in , , , and Since the venue and date of the championship game were often not known until the last game of the season had been played, these playoff games sometimes resulted in delaying the end of the season by one week.

The playoff structure used from to was considered inequitable by some because of the number of times it failed to match the teams with the two best records in the championship game, as only the conference winners would qualify for playoff contention.

Four times between and in , , , and the team with the second-best win-loss record did not qualify for the playoffs while the team with the best record in the other conference, but only the third-best in the league, would advance to the championship game.

For the NFL season , the NFL expanded to 16 teams, and split its two conferences into two divisions each, with four teams in each division.

The four division champions would advance to the NFL playoffs, and to remain on schedule, a tie-breaker system was introduced.

Thus, was the first season there was a scheduled playoff tournament to determine the teams to play for the NFL Championship. During the three years —69 that this playoff structure was in effect, there was one use of the tie-breaker system.

The Colts came into the last game of the season undefeated, but were beaten by the Rams. This event figured into the decision in to include a wild-card team in the playoff tournament after the AFL—NFL merger.

During the s, a third-place playoff game was played in Miami , called the Playoff Bowl. It was contested in early January following the — 69 seasons.

Though official playoff games at the time they were played, the NFL now officially classifies these ten games and statistics as exhibitions, not as playoff games.

For the season, a first round was added whereby each division winner played the second-place team from the other division.

In its last year , the AAFC would merge its two conferences when one of its teams folded, and use a four-team playoff system.

The success of the rival league would eventually lead to a full merger of the two leagues. When the leagues merged in , the new NFL with 26 teams reorganized into two conferences of three divisions each.

From the season to the season, four teams from each conference for a total of eight teams qualified for the playoffs each year. These four teams included the three division champions, and a fourth wild-card team.

Originally, the home teams in the playoffs were decided based on a yearly rotation. The league did not institute a seeding system for the playoffs until , where the surviving clubs with the higher seeds were made the home teams for each playoff round.

However, two teams from the same division could not meet prior to the conference championship game. Following an expansion of the regular season from 14 to 16 games in the season , the league added one more wild-card team for each conference.

The two wild-card teams played the week before the division winners. The winner of this game played the top seeded division winner as was done from — The league continued to prohibit intra-divisional games in the divisional playoffs, but allowed such contests in the wild-card round.

During the strike-shortened season , only nine regular season games were played, and a modified playoff format was instituted. Divisional play was ignored there were some cases where division rivals had both games wiped out by the strike, although each division ultimately sent at least one team to the playoffs , and the top eight teams from each conference based on W-L-T record were advanced to the playoffs.

As a result, this became the first time that teams with losing records qualified for the playoffs: Several times between —89, the two wild-card games had to be played on different days.

Normally they both would be held on Sunday. In and , the games were split between Saturday and Monday because Sunday was Christmas, and the NFL had avoided playing on that day at the time.

In , both games were played in the Pacific Time Zone , so they had to be played on Saturday and Sunday to accommodate for time differences.

In , both the New York Giants and Jets hosted wild-card games. As they have shared a home stadium since , the games had to be played on different days.

For the season , a third wild-card team for each conference was added, expanding the playoffs to the current twelve teams.

The lowest-seeded division winner was then "demoted" to the wild-card weekend. Also, the restrictions on intra-divisional games during the divisional playoffs were removed.

The season became the first time that playoff games were played in prime time. The format continued until the expansion and reorganization into eight divisions.

In this current format, as explained above , the 4 division winners and 2 wild cards are seeded 1—6, with the top 2 seeds receiving byes, and the highest seed in each round guaranteed to play the lowest seed.

Also, seeds determine the home-field advantage. There are some limitations that exist in the current team playoff system. Since being a division winner is a guaranteed playoff berth, there have been many cases in which a team that wins a "weak" division either barely has a winning record or has a.

At the same time, since a division winner is seeded higher than the wild cards, non-division winners may end up playing a road game during Wild Card Weekend against a team with an inferior record, or may end up outright missing the playoffs.

And going on the road during the first postseason round does not guarantee success: This issue has become more prevalent since the aforementioned realignment.

There are three notable examples in which a division winner with a. As a result of this seeding issue, calls have been made to modify the playoff format even further.

In and , the games were split between Saturday and Monday because Sunday was Christmas, and the NFL had avoided playing on that day at the time.

In , both games were played in the Pacific Time Zone , so they had to be played on Saturday and Sunday to accommodate for time differences. In , both the New York Giants and Jets hosted wild-card games.

As they have shared a home stadium since , the games had to be played on different days. For the season , a third wild-card team for each conference was added, expanding the playoffs to the current twelve teams.

The lowest-seeded division winner was then "demoted" to the wild-card weekend. Also, the restrictions on intra-divisional games during the divisional playoffs were removed.

The season became the first time that playoff games were played in prime time. The format continued until the expansion and reorganization into eight divisions.

In this current format, as explained above , the 4 division winners and 2 wild cards are seeded 1—6, with the top 2 seeds receiving byes, and the highest seed in each round guaranteed to play the lowest seed.

Also, seeds determine the home-field advantage. There are some limitations that exist in the current team playoff system.

Since being a division winner is a guaranteed playoff berth, there have been many cases in which a team that wins a "weak" division either barely has a winning record or has a.

At the same time, since a division winner is seeded higher than the wild cards, non-division winners may end up playing a road game during Wild Card Weekend against a team with an inferior record, or may end up outright missing the playoffs.

And going on the road during the first postseason round does not guarantee success: This issue has become more prevalent since the aforementioned realignment.

There are three notable examples in which a division winner with a. As a result of this seeding issue, calls have been made to modify the playoff format even further.

One proposal has been to expand the playoffs to 14 teams. Proponents of expansion note the increased revenue that could be gained from an additional two playoff games.

They also note that the team playoff system was implemented when the league only had 28 teams, four less than today.

The opposition to such a move notes that an expansion of the playoffs would "water down" the field by giving access to lower-caliber teams. Opponents to expansion further point to the NBA playoffs and the NHL playoffs where more than half of the teams qualify for the postseason, and there is often a decreased emphasis on regular season performance as a result.

After the playoffs saw two wild-card teams with better records Jacksonville Jaguars and eventual Super Bowl XLII champions New York Giants go on the road to defeat division winners Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers , respectively during wild-card weekend, the NFL explored another proposal to change the playoffs so that the team with the better record would host the game, even if that meant a division winner went on the road.

Just before the —11 Saints-Seahawks playoff game, McKay wanted to revisit the previous proposal to reseed teams during wild-card weekend.

In October , NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced plans to revisit the idea to expand the playoffs to 14 teams, with the increased revenue gained from the two additional postseason games being used to offset plans to shorten the preseason.

The team playoff proposal remained tabled until December , when no team in the NFC South could finish better than. However, by the February , the Washington Post reported that support among team owners has eroded, and league leaders expressed reluctance to make a change until the end of the season.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. NFL playoffs Current season, competition or edition: National Football League championships.

List of NFL champions. American Football League playoffs. As such, the Ravens are considered to have begun play in while the current Cleveland Browns are considered to have been founded in , were inactive from —98, and resumed play as a new team in Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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They can lock up a first-round bye with a victory in Week 17 and even have a chance at the No. A loss would leave them as a wild-card entrant, with the winner of the Colts-Titans game clinching the division.

Who would have thought that a late-December game involving the Browns would carry so much weight? Their path is simple: A win in Week 17 over the Titans would clinch a playoff spot, either as the AFC South champion if the Texans lose or as the sixth seed.

Tennessee Titans , Pittsburgh Steelers , The Steelers have almost no chance to be a wild-card team. Their best path to the playoffs is with a Week 17 victory against Cincinnati, combined with a Ravens loss.

They could theoretically be a wild-card team if they win, and the Colts and Titans tie. They would win the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Rams if it came to that.

The next time they had the ball, only 1: The Falcons took up more than half the third quarter with their opening drive, moving the ball 76 yards in 16 plays.

Freeman carried the ball six times for 42 yards, while quarterback Matt Ryan converted a fourth-and-1 with a 1-yard sneak. Bryant finished the possession with his third field goal, this one from 25 yards, increasing their lead to 16— The Rams quickly struck back, with Gurley rushing twice for gains of 14 and 33 yards, along with Goff completing an yard pass to Woods.

However, Atlanta came back with an eight-play, yard drive featuring a yard completion from Ryan to Mohamed Sanu. Goff then threw a touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Higbee , but the call was reversed by a review, as replays showed the ball hit the ground as Higbee was going to the turf.

On the next play, Goff threw an incomplete pass, causing a turnover on downs with 2: The Rams received the ball one more time, but this resulted in another turnover on downs.

Ryan completed 21 of 30 passes for yards and a touchdown, while Jones caught nine passes for 94 yards and a touchdown. Goff finished the day for for yards and a touchdown.

His top target was Woods, who caught nine passes for yards. Every drive in the first quarter ended in a punt. Early in the second quarter, Jacksonville got a chance to score when Aaron Colvin intercepted a pass from Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor on the Buffalo yard line.

However, the team lost three yards over the next three plays and decided to punt rather than risk a long field goal. However, an offensive pass interference penalty against receiver Kelvin Benjamin pushed them back 10 yards and they ended up settling for a yard Steven Hauschka field goal to take a 3—0 lead with 1: The key player of the drive was running back Leonard Fournette , who carried the ball eight times for 33 yards and caught a pass for 12 yards.

Eventually the team faced fourth-and-goal on the 1-yard line, and decided to go for the touchdown, which paid off as Bortles threw a pass to tight end Ben Koyack for the score with 42 seconds left in the third quarter.

Bills running back LeSean McCoy rushed for 75 yards and caught six passes for 44 yards. Saints safety Vonn Bell Who finished with 9 tackles and a sack sacked Cam Newton on fourth down to win the game.

This was the first postseason meeting between the Panthers and Saints. But over the next two plays, Kaelin Clay dropped a potential touchdown catch in the end zone and then Graham Gano missed a yard field goal attempt.

On the second play after the missed field goal, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees threw a deep pass down the middle of the field to Ted Ginn Jr.

This gave New Orleans a 7—0 lead with less than two minutes left in the first quarter. Carolina responded on their next drive, converting a yard completion from Cam Newton to Greg Olsen and a yard pass interference penalty against defensive back Ken Crawley into a yard Gano field goal that cut the score to 7—3.

However, New Orleans responded immediately, with Brees completing passes to Michael Thomas for gains of 19, 8, and 13 yards, as well as passes to running backs Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara for gains of 13 and 10 yards.

On the last play of the drive, Brees put the Saints up 14—3 with a 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Josh Hill. Carolina struck back, with Newton completing a yard pass to Brenton Bersin and converting a fourth-and-1 with a quarterback sneak.

Gano finished the yard drive with a yard field goal to make the score 14—6 with 2: Taking the ball back with just over 40 seconds left, Newton completed a yard pass to Devin Funchess.

The Panthers continued to chip away at their deficit with their first drive of the second half, as they moved the ball 64 yards in nine plays on a possession that featured a yard run by Jonathan Stewart.

Gano finished the drive with his fourth field goal, making the score 21— But New Orleans was able to respond, with Ginn catching two passes for 30 yards on a yard drive that ended with Wil Lutz kicking a yard field goal, bringing their lead back up to 24— With less than two minutes left in the third quarter, the Panthers started a yard drive in which Olsen caught three passes for 54 total yards, the last one a yard touchdown catch that cut the score to 24—19 after the two-point conversion failed.

New Orleans took the ball back and drove to a fourth-and-2 situation on the yard line at the two-minute warning. On second down, Newton was flagged for intentional grounding while throwing a pass to avoid a sack, bringing up third-and Then after an incompletion, safety Vonn Bell sacked Newton, forcing a turnover on downs with four seconds left.

Newton finished the game of for yards and two touchdowns, along with 37 yards on the ground. His top target was Olsen eight receptions for yards and a touchdown , who was one of four players in this game to have over receiving yards.

The others were McCaffrey six for yards and a touchdown , Thomas eight receptions for yards and Ginn four receptions for yards and a touchdown.

Brees was of for yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Bell had nine tackles — seven solo — and a sack. After the teams exchanged punts, Ajayi rushed four times for 26 yards and receiver Nelson Agholor ran for 21 yards on an end-around play as the team drove to a fourth-and-goal on the Atlanta 1-yard line.

On the next play, LeGarrette Blount finished the yard drive with a rush for the touchdown, putting the team up 6—3 with Following a punt from each team, Philadelphia got the ball on their own yard line with 46 seconds left in the half.

With just under six minutes left in the third quarter, the Eagles got the ball on their own 7-yard line due to a yard punt by Matt Bosher.

On the next play, the last of the third quarter, Ryan was sacked for a yard loss by safety Rodney McLeod. The Falcons ended up going three-and-out , and their defense was soon back on the field trying to contain another long Eagles drive.

This one went for 14 plays and 80 yards, 32 of them on a reception by Ajayi, taking 7: However, Elliott kicked his third field goal on the next play, giving Philadelphia a 15—10 lead with 6: After throwing incomplete passes on the next two plays, Ryan threw a seven-yard pass to Jones on the 2-yard line.

Filling in for injured starter Carson Wentz , Foles completed 23 of 30 passes for yards. Ryan completed 22 of 36 passes for yards and a touchdown. Jones caught nine passes for yards, and rushed for 21 yards, while Tevin Coleman was the top rusher of the game with 10 carries for 79 yards, [9] while also catching a pass for 14 yards.

With the win, the Eagles won their first playoff game and advanced to their first NFC Championship appearance since , and their first at home since New England racked up eight sacks, yards, and 31 first downs as they advanced to their seventh consecutive AFC Championship game.

Midway through the first quarter, Tennessee drove 95 yards in 11 plays, featuring a yard completion from Marcus Mariota to tight end Delanie Walker.

Mariota finished the drive with a yard touchdown pass to Corey Davis , who made a running one-handed catch in the back corner of the end zone to put the Titans up 7—0.

However, the Patriots stormed right back, with Tom Brady completing five consecutive passes for 67 yards, the longest a yard completion to Dion Lewis and the last a five-yard shovel pass to James White for a touchdown that tied the score.

The next time New England got the ball, they had to punt after three plays, but a neutral zone infraction penalty on Titans defensive back Brynden Trawick gave them a first down.

In the first half alone, Brady completed 21 of 31 passes for yards and two touchdowns. The next time New England got the ball, they went on a play, yard drive in which they only faced two third downs.

Brady completed seven passes for 78 yards on the drive, the longest a yard throw to Danny Amendola , and finished it off with a four-yard touchdown toss to Gronkowski, making the score 35—7 with Lewis rushed for 62 yards, caught nine passes for 79 yards, and returned a kickoff for 27 yards.

This game set the NFL postseason record for largest the age difference between opposing quarterbacks: Brady was 40 and Mariota was Jacksonville built up a 28—7 first-half lead and held off a second-half Steelers comeback to win the fourth highest scoring NFL playoff game.

The Jaguars then drove 75 yards in 11 plays and scored on T. But the next time Pittsburgh got the ball, Roethlisberger lost a fumble while being sacked by Yannick Ngakoue.

Linebacker Telvin Smith recovered the ball and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown, making the score 28—7 with less than two minutes left until halftime.

However, the Jaguars were penalized 15 yards for excessive celebration, and then Cameron Sutton returned the ensuing kickoff 22 yards to the Jacksonville yard line.

This was the start of a scoring run from both teams, cumulatively totaling 38 points in the fourth quarter. Jacksonville stormed right back, moving the ball 75 yards in eight plays, one of them a yard completion from Bortles to Yeldon on third-and Fullback Tommy Bohanon caught a yard touchdown pass from Bortles with 4: The Steelers responded by moving the ball 75 yards in 12 plays, the longest a yard reception from Bell.

Pittsburgh then drove 75 yards in 10 plays, including a yard completion from Roethlisberger to Brown. He ended up throwing a four-yard touchdown pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster , but by then, one second remained.

Bortles completed 14 of 26 passes for yards and a touchdown. Fournette was the top rusher of the game with 25 carries for yards and three touchdowns, along with two receptions for 10 yards.

Bell rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown, while also catching nine passes for 88 yards, while Brown caught seven passes for yards and two touchdowns.

Tight end Vance McDonald also went over yards receiving, making 10 receptions for yards. The Steelers lost despite gaining yards of total offense, the most yards gained by a losing team in a playoff game this record would later be surpassed by the Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

Ben Roethlisberger became the first NFL quarterback in a playoff game to throw for 5 touchdowns in a losing effort. Bank Stadium , Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The game has been referred to as the " Minneapolis Miracle. Minnesota dominated the first half, building up a 17—0 lead. Following two more possessions, Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo intercepted a pass from Drew Brees , giving Minnesota the ball on their own yard line with 1: Then after a punt, Brees led the team to the Minnesota yard line.

But after two incompletions, Brees was sacked by safety Harrison Smith for a yard loss, and Wil Lutz missed a yard field goal attempt with 26 seconds left in the half.

The Vikings would also get a field goal try before halftime, which resulted in Forbath missing from 49 yards out. However, in what turned out to be a crucial turning point, Keenum was sacked by Sheldon Rankins for a yard loss on third down, pushing the team out of field goal range.

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